About the Authors

Huiping Zhang

huiping.zhang@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Fan Wang

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Henry R. Kranzler

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and VISN4 MIRECC, Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hongyu Zhao

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Joel Gelernter

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The co-author Dr. Kranzler has been a paid consultant or advisory board member for the following pharmaceutical companies: Alkermes, Lilly, Lundbeck, Pfizer, and Roche. Dr. Kranzler has also received honoraria from the Alcohol Clinical Trials Initiative (ACTIVE), which is supported by Abbott, Lilly, Lundbeck, and Pfizer. However, this does not alter his adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The corresponding author Dr. Zhang is currently the academic editor for PLOS ONE. However, this does not alter his adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H. Zhang JG. Performed the experiments: H. Zhang. Analyzed the data: H. Zhang FW H. Zhao. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG HRK. Wrote the paper: H. Zhang FW HRK JG.